Of Switzerland’s four official languages, the one that dominates in Stans, an alpine town near Mount Pilatus, is Swiss-German. So it is quite likely that variations of the words uberrascht (surprised), geschmeichelt (flattered) and maybe a few less wholesome were uttered frequently in Stans cafes...
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